Fig. 3.1 Age-specific incidence of generalized-onset (solid circles) and partial-onset (plus signs) unprovoked epilepsies based on data collected in the Rochester Epidemiology Project from 1935 to 1984 (Hauser et al.,…

Generalized seizures Tonic–clonic (in any combination) Absence Typical Atypical Absence with special features Myoclonic absence Eyelid myoclonia Myoclonic Myoclonic Myoclonic atonic Myoclonic tonic Clonic Tonic Atonic Focal seizures Unknown  Epileptic…

Fig. 6.1 Schematic representation of the electrode implantation. Depth electrodes are designated on the schematic with a color-coded star to illustrate their relative placement anatomically. Colored electrodes represent the ictal…

Fig. 9.1 Basic electrophysiological principles of MEG and EEG. (a) Large neural cells—just like this pyramidal neuron from cortex layer V—drive ionic electrical currents. These latter are essentially impressed by…

General intellectual functioning Raw score Scaled score Description Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-4 111 SS = 43 Impaired WAIS-III     Vocabulary 9 3 Impaired  Similarities 5 2 Impaired  Comprehension 5 3 Impaired  Digit span…

© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015William B. Barr and Chris Morrison (eds.)Handbook on the Neuropsychology of EpilepsyClinical Handbooks in Neuropsychology10.1007/978-0-387-92826-5_11 11. Psychotherapeutic and Cognitive Remediation Approaches Luba Nakhutina1   (1) SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 450 Clarkson…

© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015William B. Barr and Chris Morrison (eds.)Handbook on the Neuropsychology of EpilepsyClinical Handbooks in Neuropsychology10.1007/978-0-387-92826-5_10 10. Evaluation of Psychiatric and Personality Disorders Jana E. Jones1   (1) Matthews Neuropsychology Lab, Department of…

© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015William B. Barr and Chris Morrison (eds.)Handbook on the Neuropsychology of EpilepsyClinical Handbooks in Neuropsychology10.1007/978-0-387-92826-5_14 14. The Neuropsychological Evaluation of High-Functioning Patients with Epilepsy Sarah G. Schaffer1   (1) Comprehensive Epilepsy Care…

© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015William B. Barr and Chris Morrison (eds.)Handbook on the Neuropsychology of EpilepsyClinical Handbooks in Neuropsychology10.1007/978-0-387-92826-5_15 15. The Neuropsychological Assessment of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Epilepsy Patients H. Allison Bender1   (1) Department…

© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015William B. Barr and Chris Morrison (eds.)Handbook on the Neuropsychology of EpilepsyClinical Handbooks in Neuropsychology10.1007/978-0-387-92826-5_2 2. Evaluation of Children and Adolescents with Epilepsy William S. MacAllister1   and Elisabeth M. S. Sherman2, 3   (1) NYU…